Back to a more manageable half-hour podcast this week to stop your iPod (other mp3 players are available) from exploding from indigestion. But that doesn't mean that we haven't packed it to the rafter with news both on and off the field.

James Richardson is joined by Barry Glendenning; Marcela Mora y Araujo has some poetry and Paul Doyle has news from France. Meanwhile on the phone, Sid Lowe has news of an underwhelming Real Madrid, Kevin McCarra is in Manchester waiting with bated breath for England's friendly against Spain and Tom Kington is in Rome to update us on the situation in Italy after a an ugly weekend for football.